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German antisemitism commissioner quits far‑left party over anti-Israel resolution

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — BERLIN – The antisemitism commissioner for the German state of Brandenburg has resigned from his far-left party over a resolution passed Sunday condemning Israel.

After 11 years in Die Linke (The Left), Andreas Büttner has...

Amsterdam Jewish school bombed, in 2nd attack in days on Dutch Jewish institution

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — A blast late Friday outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam has Dutch police racing to safeguard Jewish institutions after two attacks  in two days.

aAs in a blast outside a synagogue in Rotterdam the day...

Brother of beloved former Beth Israel Rabbi Uri Topolosky killed in freak accident

Elik Topolosky, the youngest brother of former Beth Israel Rabbi Uri Topolosky, was killed in a freak accident in Virginia on Thursday morning, March 15, as he drove to work on the busy George Washington Parkway by a tree that...

Lawsuit says DOGE used ChatGPT to tag Jewish-themed humanities grants as ‘DEI’ before canceling them

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The Department of Government Efficiency tagged Jewish themes as “DEI” in ChatGPT when searching for federal humanities grants to cancel last year, according to a class-action lawsuit.

The methodology contributed to the cancellation of National...

Trump warns Iran not to block Strait of Hormuz

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Amid wild fluctuations in oil prices and Iranian strikes on Gulf states’ petroleum sites, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stark warning on Tuesday to the Islamic Republic.

“If Iran does anything that stops the...

Update: Two confirmed killed, one wounded by Iranian missile barrage

(JNS.org) – A construction worker who sustained serious injuries when debris from an Iranian missile struck a building site in the central Israeli city of Yehud on Monday afternoon was pronounced dead on Tuesday, bringing the number of dead from...

Two IDF soldiers KIA fighting Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Two lsrael Defense Forces troops have been killed battling Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the IDF said on Sunday afternoon.

One of the fallen soldiers was named as Sgt. 1st Class Maher Khatar,...

IHOP denies inviting Florida GOP candidate who said ‘Americans shouldn’t die for Israel’

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — James Fishback, the fringe GOP candidate courting the online far right in his long-shot bid for governor of Florida, had a bit of food-service drama this week — and it wasn’t about the “goyslop” he...

4 men arrested in London for allegedly spying on Jewish community for Iran

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Police in London have arrested four men they say were spying for Iran on Jewish community sites, with the likely goal of facilitating attacks against them.

The arrests come as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran...

A suspect in the 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center now leads Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES — Argentina has issued a new arrest warrant for an Iranian official in connection with the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center bombing in Buenos Aires, at the same time that the alleged mastermind...